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Dec 3 -
The Legislative Branch. Unit Question: What principles direct Congressional action? Congressional Organization. Question of the Day: What are the pros and cons of term limits? Bellwork: Ch. 12, Sec. 2 Interpreting Political Cartoons: Committees in Congress. Review Congressional Organization. HW - Read Ch. 12, Sec. 3 - How a Bill Becomes a Law: The House. Complete Quiz.
Dec 4 -
The Legislative Branch. Unit Question: What principles direct Congressional action? How a Bill Becomes a Law. Question of the Day: What is considered when laws are made? Watch Schoolhouse Rock - America Rock: I\'m Just a Bill. Simulation: Senate Debate. 1. determine party affiliation, 2. choose floor leaders and whips, 3. assign party members, 4. determine party caucus position. HW - Read Ch. 12, Sec. 4 - How a Bill Becomes a Law: The Senate. Complete Quiz.
Dec 5 -
Current Events. (15-16: Finish Dark Days at the White House video).
Dec 6 -
The Legislative Branch. Unit Question: What principles direct Congressional action? How a Bill Becomes a Law. Question of the Day: What is considered when laws are made? Simulation: Senate Debate. Committee work approves versions of all 3 bills. Each senator completes Simulation: Senate Debate.
Dec 7 -
The Legislative Branch. Unit Question: What principles direct Congressional action? How a Bill Becomes a Law. Question of the Day: What is considered when laws are made? Simulation: Senate Debate. HW- Study for Legislative Branch test.
Dec 10 -
Legislative Branch Review. Homework: Study for Legislative Branch Unit Test.
Dec 11 -
Legislative Branch Jeopardy! Homework: Study for Legislative Branch Unit Test.
Dec 12 -
Legislative Branch Unit Test. Homework: Read Ch. 13, Sec. 1 - The President\'s Job Description. Complete Section Assessment Questions 1-6.
Dec 13 -
The Executive Branch. Unit Question: What do you expect from your president? The President\'s Job Description. Question of the Day: What is the president\'s job description? Discuss Nuts and Bolts of the Job. Discuss The Living Constitution: Transparency 4 - Changes in the Presidency. Brainstorm answers to the Question of the Day and Transparency 13.1 - Concept Web. Discuss Reteaching: The Presidency. Complete Presidential Roles on The American Presidency: A Glorious Burden. Homework: Read Ch. 13, Sec. 2 - Presidential Succession and the Vice Presidency. Complete Section Assessment Questions 1-6.
Dec 14 -
Presidential Politics. Question of the Day: What outside factors affect presidential power? Watch Mandate: The President and the People. Discuss and assess President Bush\'s mandate. Homework: Read Ch. 13, Sec. 3 - Presidential Selection: The Framer\'s Plan. Complete Section Assessment Questions 1-6.
Dec 17 -
Presidential Politics. Question of the Day: What outside factors affect presidential power? Watch Mandate: The President and the People. Discuss and assess President Bush\'s mandate. Homework: Read Ch. 13, Sec. 4 - Presidential Nomination. Complete Section Assessment Questions.
Dec 18 -
The Executive Branch. Unit Question: What do you expect of your president? The Electoral College. Question of the Day: Should the electoral college be replaced by direct popular election of the President? Bellwork: Read Debate: The Electoral College. Discuss Transparency 13.5 - Flow Chart: The Electoral College System: Flaws and Proposed Solutions. Debate: The Electoral College. Homework: Read Ch. 14, Sec. 1 - The Growth of Presidential Power. Complete Section Assessment Questions 1-6. Categorize presidents into eras on Presidents of the United States.
Dec 19 -
The Growth of Presidential Power. Question of the Day: How has the presidency grown? Students complete The Presidency: A Glorious Burden in Computer Lab. Complete Presidential Election 2008. Homework: Read Ch. 14, Sec. 2 - The President\'s Executive Powers. Complete Quiz.
Dec 20 -
Guest Speaker. Homework: Read Ch. 14, Sec. 3 Diplomatic and Military Powers & Ch. 14, Sec. 4 - Judicial and Legislative Powers. Complete Quizzes.
Dec 21 -
Discuss current presidential candidates and the steps to nomination. Current events.
Jan 3 -
The Executive Branch. Unit Question: What do you expect of your president? The Growth of Presidential Power. Question of the Day: How has the presidency grown? Discuss greatest and worst presidents. Discuss presidential eras on Presidents of the United States. Discuss Transparency 14.1 - Causes of Growth of Presidential Power. Homework: Read Reading 4 - The Uses of Power from the Power Brokers from Newsweek Social Studies Program. Answer Questions.
Jan 4 -
Presidential Power. Question of the Day: How does the president direct our government? Students debate sources of presidential power and evaluate President Bush\'s use of them. Discuss 1) Transparency 14.2 - Tree Map: The President\'s Executive Powers 2) Transparency 14.3 - Table: Diplomatic and Military Powers of the President 3) Transparency 14.4 - Concept Web 4) 36. Checks and Balances. Homework: Study for Executive Branch Unit Test.
Jan 7 -
Executive Branch Jeopardy! Homework: Read Ch. 15, Sec. 1 - The Federal Bureaucracy and Ch. 15, Sec. 2 - The Executive Office of the President. Complete Quizzes.
Jan 8 -
Executive Branch Unit Test. Homework: Read Ch. 15, Sec. 3 - Executive Departments and Ch. 15, Sec. 4 - Independent Agencies. Complete Quizzes.
Jan 9 -
The Executive Branch. Question of the Day: Do we really need all these people? Bellwork: Ch. 15, Sec. 3 Political Cartoons: Executive Departments and Ch. 15, Sec. 4 Political Cartoons: Independent agencies. Debate how well Mentor High School works as a building; how efficient student workplaces are. Discuss Bureaucracy: Features and Pros & Cons. Discuss: 1) Transparency 15.1 - Concept Web 2) Transparency 15.2 Outline - The Executive Office of the President (EOP) 3) Transparency 15.3 - Tree Map: Executive Departments. Homework: Read Ch. 16, Sec. 1 - Types of Taxes and Ch. 16, Sec. 2 - Spending and the Budget. Complete Quizzes.
Jan 10 -
The Federal Budget. Question of the Day: What should be our federal government\'s spending priorities? Bellwork: Ch. 16, Sec. 3 Political Cartoon: Spending and the Budget. Discuss: 1) Transparency 16.1 - Tree Map: Types of Taxes 2) Transparency 16. 2 - Concept Web: Public Debt 3) Transparency 16.3 - Concept Web: Types of Federal Spending. Cooperative learning groups prioritize spending on budget simulations. Discuss Transparency 16.2 - Concept Web: The Public Debt and Answer Question of the Day. Homework: Read Ch. 18, Sec. 1 - The National Judiciary and Ch. 18, Sec. 3 - The Supreme Court. Complete Quizzes.
Jan 11 -
The Supreme Court. Question of the Day: What impact does the Supreme Court have on our government? Folder Check #5. Watch A Conversation on the Constitution: Judicial Independence. Discuss: 1)Transparency 40: Judicial Review 2) Transparency 38: Judicial Review. 3) Transparency 18.1 - Tree Map. 4) The National Judiciary. Debate Death Penalty. Homework: Study for Final Exam.
Jan 14 -
Final Exam Review. Homework: Study for Final Exam.
Jan 22 -
Opening Day Activities. 1) Attendance. 2) Seating Chart. 3) Assign textbooks. 4) Discuss Course Outline, syllabus. 5) Discuss binder set-up. 6) News Hounds 7) Political Cartoon of the Day. HW - 1) Cover textbook. 2) Complete Student Information Sheet. 3) Read Ch. 1, Sec. 1 - Government and the State. Complete Section Assessment Questions 1-5 4) Election 2008 worksheet
Jan 23 -
Foundations of Government. Unit Question: What is our role as citizens in our government? Government. Question of the Day: What is the purpose of our government? Government in Your Pocket activity. Students empty pockets, wallets, and passes for any evidence of the government at the local, state, and national level. Discuss how regulated students feel. Discuss qualities and origins of states. Discuss Ch. 1, Sec. 1 - Political Cartoons: The Government and the State. Watch America Rock: The Preamble. Discuss Transparency 1.1: Government and the State and Preamble to the Constitution. Discuss Transparency 1.1: Concept Web. Answer Question of the Day. HW - Read Ch. 1, Sec. 3 Basic Concepts of Democracy. Complete Ch. 1, Sec. 3 Guided Reading and Review.
Jan 24 -
Democracy. Question of the Day: How pure do you wish your democracy to be? Introduce Transparency 1.3: Tree Map - Basic Principles of American Democracy and brainstorm other characteristics of democracy. Debate hypothetical democratic moral dilemmas. Assess the case of democracy in Iraq. Discuss Ch. 1, Sec. 3 Political Cartoons: Basic Concepts of Democracy. Generate qualifications for the five principles of democracy. HW - Read Ch. 5, Sec. 1 Parties and What They Do. Complete Guided Reading and Review.
Jan 25 -
Foundations of Government. Unit Question: What is our role as citizens in our government? Political Parties. Question of the Day: What do political parties do? Watch video on education in Ohio. HW - Read Ch. 5, Sec. 2 - The Two-Party System. Complete Section Assessment Questions.
Jan 28 -
Foundations of Government. Unit Question: What is our role as citizens in our government? Political Parties. Question of the Day: What do political parties do? Bellwork: Ch. 25, Sec. 4 Political Cartoons: Financing State and Local Governments. Discuss school crisis issues and factions. Student factions draw up three reasons for their view and 2 recommendations to alleviate the crisis. Discuss Transparency 5.1 - Concept Web: Functions of Political Parties. Homework: Complete Worksheet 1: What is Your Ideology? and Worksheet 3: What Should the Goals of an Economic-Political System Be? from Party Politics from Newsweek Education Program.
Jan 29 -
Foundations of Government. Unit Question: What is our role as citizens in our government? The Two-Party System. Question of the Day: Where do you fit in the two-party system? Ideology quiz. Introduce the political spectrum. Discuss Ch. 5, Sec. 2 Political Cartoon: The Two-Party System. Discuss Reasons for the Two-Party System. HW - Read Ch. 5, Sec. 3 - The Two-Party System in American History. Complete Transparency B3 - Tree Map.
Jan 30 -
The Two-Party System in American History. Question of the Day: What is unique about the two-party system at this time in American history? Review Homework. Answer Question of the Day. HW - Read Ch. 5, Sec. 4 - The Minor Parties. Complete Section Assessment Questions.
Jan 31 -
Minor Parties. Question of the Day: Why are minor parties important? Watch Odd One Out: Third Parties in a Two-Party System. Cooperative learning groups identify key issues for each of the following third parties by searching their websites in computer lab: 1) Reform, 2) Libertarian, 3) Natural Law, 4) Constitution, 5) Socialist, 6) Prohibition, 7) Green. HW-Read 6, Sec. 1 - The Right to Vote and Ch. 6, Sec. 3 - Suffrage and Civil Rights. Complete Quizzes.
Feb 1 -
Foundations of Government. Unit Question: What is our role as citizens in our government? Suffrage. Question of the Day: Why haven\'t expanded voting rights changed the face of the presidency? BW - Closeup: The 19th Amendment. Answer Questions 1-2. Watch Sufferin\' for Suffrage. Discuss the effects of women\'s suffrage on the face of government. Discuss Ch. 6, Sec. 2 Interpreting Political Cartoons: Voter Qualifications. Discuss 5 stages in Expanding the Electorate. Debate Question of the Day. HW-Read Ch. 6, Sec. 2 - Voter Qualifications and Ch. 6, Sec. 4 - Voter Behavior. Complete Section Assessment Questions.
Feb 4 -
Current events.
Feb 5 -
Foundations of Government. Unit Question: What is our role as citizens in our government? Suffrage. Question of the Day: Why haven\'t expanded voting rights changed the face of the presidency? BW - Closeup: The 19th Amendment. Answer Questions 1-2. Watch Sufferin\' for Suffrage. Discuss the effects of women\'s suffrage on the face of government. Discuss Ch. 6, Sec. 2 Interpreting Political Cartoons: Voter Qualifications. Discuss 5 stages in Expanding the Electorate. Debate Question of the Day. Homework: Complete Ch. 6 Close-Up on Primary Sources: Voter Registration Reform and Skills for Life: Predicting Consequences.
Feb 6 -
Foundations of Government. Unit Question: What is our role as citizens in our government? Voter Behavior. Question of the Day: How do we increase voter turnout? BW - Chapter 6 Close Up on Primary Sources: Voter Registration Reform. Watch First Vote. Discuss Why People Vote and Why They Don\'t. Debate effectiveness of Motor Voter Law and Ch. 6, Sec. 4 Interpreting Political Cartoons: Voter Behavior. Debate mandatory voting using Ch. 6 Skills for Life: Predicting Consequences. Answer Unit Question. HW - Read Reading 1: Quotes About Citizenship and Reading 2: America\'s Promise from Office of Citizen from Newsweek Education Program. Answer Questions.
Feb 8 -
Foundations of Government Review. Homework: Study for Foundations of Government Unit Test.
Feb 12 -
Watch The American President. Homework: Read Ch. 7, Sec. 1 - The Nominating Process. Complete Section Assessment Questions.
Feb 13 -
Watch The American President. Homework: Read Ch. 7, Sec. 2 - Elections. Complete Section Assessment Questions.
Feb 14 -
Watch The American President. Homework: Read Ch. 7, Sec. 3 - Money and Elections. Complete Section Assessment Questions.
Feb 15 -
Current Events. Homework: Read Ch. 8, Sec. 1 - Forming Public Opinion. Complete Section Assessment Questions.
Feb 19 -
Current events discussion. Washington, D.C. presentation. Distribute review sheet and folder checklist. Discuss Student Governmental Affairs Program. Homework: Complete Student Governmental Affairs Program form.
Feb 20 -
Foundations of Government Review. Homework: Study for Foundations of Government Unit Test.
Feb 21 -
Foundations of Government Jeopardy! Homework: Study for Foundations of Government Unit Test.
Feb 22 -
Foundations of Government Unit Test.
Feb 25 -
Political Behavior. Unit Question: What are the outside influences on our vote? Elections. Question of the Day: What is the best way to hold an election? Watch Cyber Ballots: Voting Online. Discuss Transparency 7.1 - Concept Web and Transparency 7.2 - Table: Elements of Elections. Class straw poll on election either-or statements. HW - Read Dialing for Dollars and Reading 3: Types of Strategies from Newsweek. Answer Questions.
Feb 26 -
Read Ch. 8, Sec. 2 - Measuring Public Opinion and Ch. 8, Sec. 3 - The Mass Media. Complete Section Assessment Questions. HW - 1) Ch. 7, Sec. 3 Interpreting Political Cartoons - Money and Elections 2) Reading 1: Public Opinion on Political Issues. Answer Questions.
Feb 28 -
Campaign Finance. Question of the Day: What is the impact of money on politics? Discuss campaign finance. Homework: Getting the Most Out of Survey Data.
Feb 29 -
Interest Groups. Question of the Day: What is the impact of interest groups on America? Students complete Interest Groups Internet assignment. Homework: Read Ch. 9, Sec. 1 - The Nature of Interest Groups and Ch. 9, Sec. 2 - Types of Interest Groups. Complete Section Assessment Questions.
Mar 3 -
Political Behavior. Unit Question: What are the outside influences on our vote? Campaign Finance. Question of the Day: What is the impact of money on politics? Finish discussing campaign finance.
Mar 6 -
Public Opinion Polls. Question of the Day: What is the impact of polls on America? Discuss Harris Interactive Poll and class results. Discuss Formation of Public Opinion. Discuss How to Evaluate Poll Results. Homework: Complete 1) Skills for Life: Recognizing Bias 2) Ch. 9, Sec. 1 Political Cartoons - The Nature of Interest Groups.
Mar 7 -
Current Events. Homework: Read Ch. 9, Sec. 1 - Nature of Interest Groups. Complete Section Assessment Questions.
Mar 10 -
Political Behavior. Unit Question: What are the outside influences on our vote? Mass Media. Question of the Day: Brainstorm media outlets for student use. Discuss Transparency 8.3 - Tree Map: The Mass Media. Watch Video Collection Sampler - Media Makeover: The Selling of a Candidate. Discuss ch. 8, Sec. 3 - Political Cartoons: The Mass Media. HW - Ch. 9, Sec. 2 - Types of Interest Groups. Complete Section Assessment Questions.
Mar 11 -
Interest Groups. Question of the Day: What is the impact of interest groups on America? Watch Video Sampler: Ch. 9 - Lobbying for Change: MADD Goes to Washington. Share findings from interest group internet assignment. Discuss 1) Transparency 9.1 - Venn Diagram: Comparing Interest Groups and Political Parties 2) Transparency 9.2 - Tree Map: Types of Interest Groups Based on Economic Interest. 3) Transparency 9.3 - Concept Web: Goals of Interest Groups. Discuss Ch. 9, Sec. 1 Interpreting Political Cartoons: the Nature of Interest Groups. Discuss pros and cons of interest groups. Answer Unit Question. Homework: Read Ch. 9, Sec. 3 - Interest Groups at Work. Complete Section Assessment Questions.
Mar 12 -
Discuss Folder Checklist #2. Complete SGAP Forum 2 ballot. Homework: Study for Political Behavior Unit Test.
Mar 13 -
Political Behavior Unit Review. Homework: Study for Political Behavior Unit Test.
Mar 14 -
Current events. Homework: Study for Political Behavior Unit Test.
Mar 17 -
Political Behavior Unit Review. Homework: Study for Political Behavior Unit Test.
Mar 18 -
Political Behavior Jeopardy! Homework: Study for Political Behavior Unit Test.
Mar 19 -
Political Behavior Unit Test. Homework: Read Declaration of Independence. Complete Declaration of Independence worksheet.
Mar 31 -
Roots of American Government. Unit Question: What values and principles guide our government? Declaration of Independence. Question of the Day: What are the weaknesses of the Declaration of Independence? Watch 1776 and complete video worksheet. Share: 1) Signers of the Declaration of Independence 2) Lee Resolution - 1776 from Our Documents. HW - Read Ch. 2, Sec. 4 - Creating the Constitution. Complete Quiz.
Apr 1 -
Roots of American Government. Unit Question: What values and principles guide our government? Declaration of Independence. Question of the Day: What are the weaknesses of the Declaration of Independence? Watch 1776 and complete video worksheet. Share: 1) Historical Background 2) Broadside Background. HW - Read Ch. 2, Sec. 5 - Ratifying the Constitution. Complete Guided Reading and Review.
Apr 2 -
Roots of American Government. Unit Question: What values and principles guide our government? Declaration of Independence. Question of the Day: What are the weaknesses of the Declaration of Independence? Watch 1776 and complete video worksheet. HW - Complete Constitutional Convention worksheet.
Apr 3 -
Roots of American Government. Unit Question: What values and principles guide our government? Declaration of Independence. Question of the Day: What are the strengths and weaknesses of the Declaration of Independence? Watch Schoolhouse Rock - America Rock: No More Kings, Fireworks, and Shot Heard \'Round the World. Discuss the Legacy of the Declaration of Independence and Answer Question of the Day. Watch Declaration of Independence. Homework: Read Ch. 3, Sec. 1 - Six Basic Principles. Complete Quiz.
Apr 4 -
Roots of American Government. Unit Question: What values and principles guide our government? Constitution. Question of the Day: Why does our Constitution work? Bellwork: Complete Reading 40 - Weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation and Reading 41 - The Need for Stronger Government. Discuss Transparency 3.3 Tree Map - Articles of Confederation and Weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation. Jigsaw learning groups complete Bundle of Compromises worksheet. Discuss classwork and Reading 46 - Against the New Constitution and Reading 47 - In Favor of the New Constitution. Discuss Transparency 2.5 Concept Web and Transparency 8 - Articles of Confederation and Constitution Compared.
Apr 7 -
Roots of American Government. Unit Question: What values and principles guide our government? Constitution. Question of the Day: Why does our Constitution work? Discuss Bundle of Compromises worksheet. Discuss Reading 46 - Against the New Constitution and Reading 47 - In Favor of the New Constitution. Discuss Constitution via Power Point and Transparency 8 - Articles of Confederation and Constitution Compared. Share 1777 - Articles of Confederation from Our Documents. Homework: Complete The Constitution worksheet.
Apr 8 -
Constitutional Structure. Question of the Day: How is the Constitution structured? Watch Schoolhouse Rock - America Rock: Three Ring Government. Discuss Constitutional Structure via Power Point and Checks and Balances in the Federal Government. Introduce Structure of the Constitution. Students complete The Constitution worksheet in jigsaw learning groups. Homework: Read Ch. 3, Sec. 2 - Formal Amendment and Ch. 3, Sec. 3 - Constitutional Change By Other Means. Complete Quizzes.
Apr 9 -
Constitutional Amendments. Question of the Day: Why is it so hard to amend the Constitution? Discuss Amdendments via Power Point AND Transparency 3.3 - Tree Map: Informal Amendment to the Constitution. Students complete The Amendments worksheet and review. HW - Read Ch. 4, Sec. 1 - Federalism: The Division of Power. Complete Quiz.
Apr 10 -
Students complete Who\'s Got the Power? in Computer Lab. Homework: Read Ch. 4, Sec. 2 - The National Government and the 50 States. Complete Quiz.
Apr 11 -
Watch Our Constitution: A Conversation. Complete video worksheet. Homework: Read Ch. 4, Sec. 3 - Interstate Relations. Complete Section Assessment questions 1-6.
Apr 14 -
Roots of American Government. Unit Question: What values and principles guide our government? Constitutional Amendments. Question of the Day: Why is is so hard to amend the Constitution? Review Amendments worksheet and Constitutional Amendments Power Point. Preview Who\'s Got the Power? assignment. Homework: Read Ch. 4, Sec. 2 - The National Government and the 50 States. Complete Quiz.
Apr 15 -
Federalism: The Division of Power. Question of the Day: Where is the division of power between the states and the national government? Students complete Who\'s Got the Power? assignment in A-38 Computer Lab. Homework: Read Ch. 4, Sec. 3 - National-State Relations. Complete Section Assessment Questions.
Apr 16 -
National-State Relations. Question of the Day: What is the nature of the relationship between the national government and the states? Bellwork: Discuss Article IV, Section I from Our Constitution. Discuss The National Government and the 50 States on Power Point and: 1) 47 - Federalism: The Newest Federalism 2) 50 - Federalism: Federalism and Welfare. Homework: Complete Ch. 4, Secs. 2 & 3 Political Cartoons.
Apr 17 -
Roots of American Government Review. Homework: Study for Roots of American Government test.
Apr 18 -
Roots of American Government Jeopardy! Homework: Study for Roots of American Government test.
Apr 21 -
Roots of American Government test. Homework: Read Ch. 10, Sec. 1 - The National Legislature. Complete Quiz.
Apr 22 -
The Legislative Branch. Unit Question: What principles guide Congressional action? Redistricting. Question of the Day: What is required for fair representation? BW - Close Up on Primary Sources: What is a Gerrymander? Discuss The National Legislature using Power Point. Discuss Malapportionment and Gerrymandering maps and overhead. HW - Read Ch. 10, Sec. 2 - The House of Representatives and Ch. 10, Sec. 3 - The Senate. Complete Quiz.
Apr 23 -
The Legislative Branch. Unit Question: What principles direct Congressional action? The Members of Congress. Question of the Day: How do you expect your Congressperson to make decisions? Review Student Governmental Affairs Program polls and discuss. Introduce loose vs. strict construction using Members of Congress Power Point. Homework: Read Ch. 10, Sec. 4 - The Members of Congress and Ch. 11, Sec. 1 - The Scope of Congressional Power. Complete Guided Reading and Review worksheets.
Apr 24 -
The Legislative Branch. Unit Question: What principles direct Congressional action? The Scope of Congressional Power. Question of the Day: When is Congress justified in stretching the Constitution? Discuss Ch. 11, Sec. 2 Political Cartoons - The Expressed Powers of Money and Commerce. Discuss Debate Question of the Day and discuss 1)Transprency 11.4 - Flow Chart: The Implied Powers of Congress 2) Basic Principle of the Constitution Transparency 3 - Expansion of Congressional Power 3) Unit 3 Extension Activity: Congress\' Funding Weapon. Review strict vs. loose construction. HW - Read Ch. 11, Sec. 2 - The Expressed Powers of Money and Commerce. Complete Section Assessment Questions.
Apr 25 -
The Expressed Powers of Money and Commerce. Question of the Day: What role should Congress play in our economy? Revew Expressed Powers of Money and Commerce on Power Point. Debate best ways for Congress to help the economy. Homework: Read Ch. 11, Sec. 3 - Other Expressed Powers. Complete Section Assessment Questions.
Apr 28 -
Finish discussion from Friday. Homework: Read Ch. 11, Sec. 4 - The implied Powers. Complete Section Assessment questions.
Apr 29 -
Other Expressed Powers. Question of the Day: What does Congress do besides pass laws? BW - Read Background on the Debate from Debate: The War Powers Resolution. Discuss Other Expressed Powers of Congress. Students brainstorm arguments for president and Congress side of Question of the Day. Discuss: 1) 32. Checks and Balances - Senate Impeachment Trials 2) Transparency 11.5 - Flow Chart: The Impeachment of President Clinton. Homework: Read Ch. 11, Sec. 5 - The Non-Legislative Powers. Complete Guided Reading and Review.
Apr 30 -
Non-Legislative Powers. Question of the Day: What are the pros and cons of impeachment? Watch Dark Days at the White House: The Impeachment of Richard Nixon. Complete video worksheet.
May 1 -
Non-Legislative Powers. Question of the Day: What are the pros and cons of impeachment? Watch Dark Days at the White House: The Impeachment of Richard Nixon. Complete video worksheet. Homework: Read Ch. 12, Sec. 1 - Congress Organizes and Ch. 12, Sec. 2 - Committees in Congress. Complete Guided Reading and Review.
May 2 -
5-6 - Current Events.
9-10 & 15-16 - Law Day presentation in Fine Arts Center and C-Lecture.
